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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Fried Karela


Ingredients

Raw Karela-8
Red chilly powder-1 tsp
Salt-1 tsp
Aam chur-1 tsp
Oil

Recipe

1. Cut the karela into small pieces and put salt and leave aside.
2. Remove salted water from it.
3. Take oil in a karai and add karela to it and fry it nicely.
4. Then add salt and red chilly powder.
5. Cover kadai with a plate so karela softens.
6. In end add aam chur and then fry with some time.
7. One can add sauf dhaniya mix if its bitter.

Have crispy karela with roti.

Aam Jam/Aam Panna



Ingredients

Raw green mangos-4-5
Sugar-around 750 grams or more depending on sourness of mangos
Pudina-1 tsp
Salt-1 tsp
Lemon juice- few drops (less than half)-for preservation
Water-1 cup for boiling and 1 for dissolving water

Recipe

1. Peel the mangos and boil the mangoes with 1/2 cup water in a cooker. let it give 2-3 whistles. (
2. let the mangos cool and then mash it nicely with spoon and with hands so no knots remain.
3. Put sugar in a pan with some water and cook it till its dissolves and becomes sticky on hand.
4. Put mango mixture and remaining water in it and cook nicely.
5. Add pudina powder, salt, lemon during this time.
6. Cook till thick if you want it to turn into jam or else remove from stove for panna.
7. Let it cool and then store in bottles in fridge.

Note:- for panna take a spoon in a glass and mix nicely and then add ice cold water and drink ( Its good for heat strokes)

Aam Murabba/chutney



1. Take ghee/oil in a cooker and add 1 tsp of sauf, salt and red chilly powder and mix nicely.
2. Add peeled mango pieces to it and fry nicely.
3. Add some water and cook by giving 2-3 steams.
4. Then add sugar (put very less)- about 250 grams to it and water and let it dissolve.
5. Add lemon juice and let it cook.
6. Cook till it thickens and then cool and store.
7. Have it like chutney or jam.

Note: If you wanna make jam dont add salt masala....just sugar and mango....and dont add water if you want jam....and add water if its a panna.